The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-08
Baseball Notes.


Louisville for So 900.
Nearly all of the Boston players think Sutton
is working for his release.
Williams leads the Northwestern League bat
ters with percentage or .46S
Getzein and Baldwin have. between them, lost
all of Detroit's games so far this season.
Every run that Stemmeyer has made this year
hos been a homo run He has made one.
There is much complaint Of open betting on
the grounds in Washington and beer selling In
New Y ork.
The Mobile club is So. 700 out in it's Southern
League experience This Is cheap enough Tor
the experience gained
Scranton. Pa has been admitted into the In
ternational League to fill the vacancy caused by
the dsbandinc of Osweeo.
James Devlin, late of the New York and Phil
adelphia clubs, rs now pitching for the Lynn
club, of the New England League
The directors have realized 1.650 from the
sale of players so far. AXE was disposed of for
$500, and Quinn brought ST.. 164, including rent
salary and release money.
When New York's little pitcher George is in
the box his face Is study When he lets go OF
the ball a look of startled expectation rests on
his countenance and he does not move muscle
until the ball hits something.
The petition Of the Athletic Association for
restraining order to prevent the Baseball Asso-
citation from mutilatng their grounds came up
before Judge Howe yesterday morning, and the
restraining order was continued until the final
hearing
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so hard to cater to all natIonalities does the
Newark club. There is the great African bat
terry, Stovey and Walker; the Irish battery,
Hughes and Derby, and the Ger man battery,
Miller and Cantz
Clarkson to pitch with less exertior
than any other pitcher in the League, but his de-
livery is of the most deceiving kind. Some of
his balls exceedingly swift, while others
have what the boys call the bicycle turn"-a
very sharp curve.
The practice of chatting the umpire after he
makes what seems to the spectator to be err
of judgment, is a habit that ought to be dis
continued. 1t does good and the manage
ment would confer favor on many patrons of
the game by taking steps to suppress 1t.
Ferguson calls Ross Barnes the best batter
and ball PLAYER that lived He thinks the
all-players of the present day drink too much
intoxicants. He bellows in and practices total
abstinence. and suggests that therein may be the
ecret of the success of the famous old-timers
Many have oticed Glasscocks habit of fumb
ling n ball for n second before he throws it. This
little trick of his cost the Chicagos run yester-
day by inducing Williamson to leave third base
and attempt to reach the home plate. and also
gave rise to the prettiest double play of the
1t cost Gilmore, of the Washingtons 800 to
get married Wednesday. He quietly dropped
to Baltimore had the knot tied. and re-
turned. When Gafney saw him he remarked:
Gilmore, it will cost you 800 for not reporting
yesterday" Gilmore explained, but it was use
less. Gaffney is bachelor.
1t great game for first basemen yester-
uay, SnOmOerE SeLLlOG credit LOT IL put-OutS ana
2 assists, and Arson 16 put-outs and l assist 1t
also great day for Jack Glasscock, who
made the best shortstop record of the season by
assisting 10 times. He would have had another
to his credit had he not slipped on the wet
ground.
When the Allentown, Pa, players learned that
Manager Fl. L. Smith had been released they
signed agreement not to play any more ball
in Allentown until he had been reinstated The
players were threatened with the blacklist, and
several of them taken before magistrate to
scare them into signing paper to play under
new manager, but they remained firm. and at
noon the next day the old manager was rein
stated.
There is a catcher named Jack Thompson liv-
ing in Wilmington, Del, who is said to have the
req uisites for a catcher of the first rank being
most accurate and swift thrower, sure catcher,
heavy batter and good base The Ath
letcs were after him, but he has excellent
position, which he will not leave for the
certainties of professional base ball. He keeps
in practice by playing with the Americas club.
champions of Delaware.
There is a player in the Lincoln western
League) team who is said to be a sure enough
phenomenon. He is deaf and dumb, and plays
all over the field, moro like wild Indian than
civilized ball player In a game he becomes
moment fly leaves the bat he goes after it,
making a strange noise with his mouth and pay
ing no attention to the players who stand in his
path. He is a terror to both teams
Some of the Association magnates at whose
head is Mr. Won der Abe, are. if not dissatisfied
with Mr.. Wikoh at least DESTROYS of having
other man as president OIL the association, ana
with the understanding and intelligence
sufficient to properly construe the playing rules
and the nerve to enforce them through the
ecutives of that office. who the umpires.
Won der Abe thinks Joe PritcharG, of ST. Louis
is the proper to fill the BILL and is push
ing bis claims to the Office with all his we'll
known energy.
Chicago Tribune: Spalding and Arson have
been roundly abused for releasing 1.-THE famous
outfield" and Mccormick. but what one of them
Except Kelly has amounted to anything
ftCtt1 do bad hSrn in faCI Me
Cormick and Dalrymple. They have been a sore
disappointment TO the Pittsburg management,
and are both have beens anyhow Gore Is not
setting the world on fire in New York He has
made some bad breaks and, if he was an element
of dscord in the Chicago team. his services were
wisely dispensed with. OF course, the peerless
pet of the public in Chicago, ALWAYS will be |
missed 1t was a mistake to quarrel with him
over matter of few thousand dollars, or to |
sell him at any price, but Mccormick, Gore, and |
Dalrymple are well out of the camp.
St Louis Globe Democrat: A base ball player |
says: l surprised that the public do not |
know that 1t Is difficult thing to a ball |
while facing the grand stand. The other day
ball was batted at Foutz while he was pitching.
and he lodged it, The crowd yelled rats and
coward" The fact is. Dave could hardly see
the ball, not because it necessarily swift. /
but because it was the Same color the grand
stand which he facing. Nearly every spec
tator has played bali only in open field where
he had horizon line, above which the ball
could easily be seen against the sky. But III an
inciosed neid 1t is difhcut matter to see q bail
well backeued by use. in the in field, if it comes
from the dark grand stand. 1t is this that causes
SO many of the mysterious muffs and misses,
which the public can see excuse for
The difference between old-time se-ball
terms and those used by new writers is thus
described by a reporter of long experience:
Then pitcher was pitcher plain and simple.
Now he is a twirler, phenomenon, a south
pawer something else. Then a played
first base; now he holds down the initial bag.
Then man was a catcher; now he is the receiy
ing eLd of the battery. Then the Boston team was
called the Bostons; now they are Sodon's aegre-
cation of bean eaters from the Hub. We spoke
of the Cincnnatis the Red Stockings. aud
now they the kicking pig stickers, belong
ing to the man from the wilds of Jerusalem.
W hat was in those days known the St Louis
team is now written der boss klub of der
boss manager When a batter made strike in